Season 7. Episode 9: New Adult Love (ft. JB Vample)

Season 7. Episode 9: New Adult Love (ft. JB Vample)

Author: Tati R. and Yaki E January 16, 2026 Duration: 54:47

The podcast is back from our extended holiday break! And we are so excited to bring in 2026 with author @jbvample
About JB:
J.B. Vample is an author who fell in love with the written word at a young age. While in her final year of high school, she came up with the concept of her new adult fiction series The College Life Series. After years of writing only for herself, J.B. published her debut novel College Life 101: Freshman Orientation in 2015. She has since written and published the other eight installments of TCLS and in 2022, she released her novel Right as Reign. Which was her first standalone, and debut into the romance genre. Her latest romance novel Unlike Before was released in 2024. Currently residing in Philadelphia, J.B. continues to write while managing her career as an indie author.

For more info, visit her website.


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